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Photopea: Free Professional Online Photo Editor

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🎨 Photoshop in the browser, free, no installation needed.

Photopea is an online photo editor that runs entirely in your browser. No downloads, no subscriptions, no limits.

What makes Photopea special?

  • 🔒 Fully local: no files are uploaded to servers. Everything is processed on your device
  • 💰 Free: all premium features without paying anything
  • 🌐 Works on any device: regardless of the operating system, if you have a browser, it works
  • 📁 Format support: PSD, AI, Figma, SVG, AVIF, HEIC, RAW (CR2, NEF, ARW…) and 40+ formats

Professional features:

  • Layers, masks, layer styles, smart objects
  • Advanced adjustments: Curves, Levels, Liquify, Puppet Warp
  • Built-in AI: remove background with one click, replace image parts with text prompts
  • Full vector graphics
  • RAW support with exposure, color balance, and more controls

Who is it useful for?

Photographers, designers, social media content creators, students, anyone who needs to edit images without installing Photoshop.

💡 Explanation in a nutshell
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Photopea reimplemented Photoshop’s engine in JavaScript. The trick that makes it both powerful and private is that it runs entirely in the user’s browser — your CPU and GPU do the work, nothing passes through external servers. That’s why files open instantly and never leave your device.

More information at the link 👇

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Juan Pedro Bretti Mandarano
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Juan Pedro Bretti Mandarano